Currently, over 93 per cent of Nigeria's oil production comes from the Niger Delta basin but the Federal Government had stated that there was a need to explore other sedimentary basins, including Bida, Gongola, Sokoto, Benue Trough, Anambra and Dahomey in an attempt to diversify the country's hydrocarbon resources.
Ka ọ dị ugbu a, ihe karịrị pasenti 93 nke mmanụ Naịjirịa sitere na mpaghara Delta mana gọọmentị isi ala ekwuola na ọ dị mkpa inyocha olulu mmiri ndị ọzọ, gụnyere Bida, Gongola, Sokoto, Benue Trough, Anambra na Dahomey na mnwale ịkọwapụta mmanụ ala nke obodo.